In our database of 19 million public employee salaries, Saban out earned them all with the highest salary in the country. Clemson Tigers vs. Notre Dame Fighting IrishUniversity of Clemson coaching staff payroll: $13.4 million. Other than this, Notre Dame did not release any other coaching staff salaries on its most recent IRS 990 posted at Charity Navigator. Meanwhile, Notre Dame used zero public funds and made the most money from football: $63 million (revenue: $96.8M, expenses: $33.2M). Yet, Alabama, Clemson, and Oklahoma have already spent their future football profits.

Source: Forbes December 27, 2018 14:03 UTC